Professional Microsoft IIS 8

by Kenneth Schaefer, Jeff Cochran, Scott Forsyth

Stellar author team of Microsoft MVPs helps developers and administrators get the most out of Windows IIS 8 If you're a developer or administrator, you'll want to get thoroughly up to speed on Microsoft's new IIS 8 platform with this complete, in-depth reference. Prepare yourself to administer IIS 8 in not only commercial websites and corporate intranets, but also the mass web hosting market with this expert content. The book covers common administrative tasks associated with monitoring and managing an IIS environment--and then moves well beyond, into extensibility, scripted admin, and other complex topics. The book highlights automated options outside the GUI, options that include the PowerShell provider and AppCmd tool. It explores extensibility options for developers, including ISAPI and HTTPModules. And, it delves into security protocols and high availability/load balancing at a level of detail that is not often found in IIS books. Professional Microsoft IIS 8 features a wealth of information gathered from individuals running major intranets and web hosting facilities today, making this an indispensible and real-world reference to keep on hand.

992 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2012

Reviews

[Arun Mahendrakar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book to refresh my knowledge about the basics of IIS, but ended up learning lot more than I expected. The authors have provided information in a very structured manner.

The book first explains the concept and then shows the step-by-step procedure of how to accomplish those tasks - makes it real helpful for the beginner to know the capabilities of IIS 8.0 and allows the experienced to follow the necessary steps.

Showing how to use appcmd.exe to do many of the IIS 8.0 tasks is a boon for most 'command-promptians'.

The chapters in the part 3 - Advanced Administration are my best take-away from this book as these chapters divulge many of the advanced topics of IIS.

Anyone who is doing web development can read this book to better his/her understanding of the entire process - from request to response.

[Ivo Stoykov]

Professional Microsoft IIS 8 is a good reading about different aspect of IIS 8 both from admin and development point of view. Worth to take a look inside.